Learn more› By Lesley Stockton, Sharon Franke and Michael Sullivan A cast-iron skillet is great for everything from searing a T-bone to roasting a chicken, and it will become naturally nonstick ...

Do you think a mother on the Oregon Trail would read 500 words about how to care for a pan? No, she was worried about keeping her children alive. Cast iron is made for that, to be abused unlike ...

(The one exception is carbon steel, what you might call a cousin to cast iron). Some of these pans are meant to last a lifetime, others aren’t. But regardless, upkeep is important. For this ...